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Walternate 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼🇩🇰🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇦's avatar

RE: Footnote #7, I first knowingly learned of Aaron Burr in the classic 1993 'Got Milk?' commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gkqzxss8Ss

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I'm not sure if I agree with this: "Trump didn’t actually commit an overt act on January 6th. He merely suggested it and engaged in conspiracy for it as per Marshall’s description above."

One of the most significant charges is his attempt to overturn the election results, of which Jan 6 played a small part. This was part of the larger scheme that included organizing a fake slate of electors in 7 states, which including falsely representing they were legitimate electors, with this idea that Pence would be able to use these electors and discard the originals on Jan 6. These electors met in secret and forged documents.

I would think in the context of his fake elector scheme and the overall plan it would certainly qualify as an overt act.

See paragraph #10 in the DC indictment.

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